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I love Madrid.
Messi is the Mozart of football.
Sometimes words are harder than blows.
A Mediterranean city is really my culture.
I have decided to come back for Les Bleus.
My memories of events and games are fragmented.
Music was important. Football was the easy part.
I am supposed to set an example to young players.
To be recognised by a whole country is incredible.
I am first of all from La Castellane and Marseille.
The door can never be closed for good to any player.
Life is full of regrets, but it doesn't pay to look back.
Scholes is undoubtedly the best midfielder of his generation.
If Zizou kept his temper, he would not be the genius that he is
Obviously fashion is a completely different world from football.
It will be a physical encounter but we must not respond in kind.
When your own fans whistle and jeer, then you have a big problem.
If Giggs was French, Pires or myself would have been on the bench.
To be recognised by a whole country is incredible. This is massive.
I have a need to play intensely every day, to fight every match hard.
There are evil people, and I don't even want to hear those guys speak.
The England team must always be respected. They always fight to the end.
Football boots are very technical and have lots of specific requirements.
My toughest opponent? Scholes of Manchester. He is the complete midfielder.
Zidane is one of the greatest players in history, a truly magnificent player.
It doesn't matter how many times you win an award, it is always very special.
I have never had the opportunity to play in England, so I know little about it.
I think Marseille is probably a place like Liverpool, very vibrant and very tough.
I am proud of where I come from and I will never forget the people I grew up with.
Everything Iniesta does impresses me. He could even play as goalkeeper. He's magical.
My father is an Algerian, proud of who he is and I am proud that my father is Algerian.
The only important thing I have to say is that my father never fought against his country.
I may have had a lot of luck in my life, but I still need to find a challenge in the game.
Zidane is unique. The ball flows with him. He is more like a dancer than a football player.
I once cried because I had no shoes to play soccer, but one day, I met a man who had no feet.
I was lucky to come from a difficult area. It teaches you not just about football but also life.
Everything I have achieved in football is due to playing football in the streets with my friends
I have won many awards and I am very happy about this, but I am not the best player in the world.
We were a family who had come from nothing and now we had respect from French people of all sorts.
Real Madrid is the most important thing that happened to me, both as a footballer and as a person.
We must not let ourselves get driven off course, no matter what happens we must stick to our natural game.
Nobody knows if Zidane is an angel or demon. He smiles like Saint Teresa and grimaces like a serial killer.
We are well aware of the task ahead of us in what will be a very difficult match but which we all dream of playing.
It was my father who taught us that an immigrant must work twice as hard as anybody else, that he must never give up.
Zidane is the master. Over the past 10 years, there's been no-one like him, he has been the best player in the world.
If you are determined and confident, there is nothing in this great existence that can stop you from achieving what you want.
You can't get bored of winning. You can win 10 games in a row but you keep the same will to snatch the 11th. You always need more.
Zidane was from another planet. When Zidane stepped onto the pitch, the 10 other guys just got suddenly better. It is that simple.
I don't know if we are the best team in the world. I am lucky to be playing alongside some of the best players around. It's a dream.
Ronaldinho is a special player, but Thierry Henry is probably technically the most gifted footballer ever to play the beautiful game.